Elk season was first. We saw a lot of elk, but never got a good shot on a bull. In fact I had a bull within 25 yards, but it was walking straight at me in a single file line with a bunch of cows. The lead cow got spooked and the herd took off like a train before I got a shot. Of course I could have dropped a few nice bucks during elk season, but that's how it usually works. I also had couple of run ins with some huge bull moose (much too close for comfort).
The weather was too warm, but overall we had a great time.
I hunted for deer close to home and spent several hours out in the mountains. Jody and I hiked up the mountain in the dark opening morning. She was so afraid we were going to run into a wild animal (kind of the point) that she wouldn't stop yelling "... Here we come. Go away."
And of course opening morning of deer season we spotted a herd of elk with a couple of huge bulls and they came right to us.
Over the next 8 days I saw a lot of country and did my share of walking. The last day I could hunt I had the choice between hunting and going to the BYU vs. UNLV football game. I went hunting and after a lot of work I came across this spike. We wanted the meat, so down he went and now he's in the freezer.
So that's the 2008 big game hunting story. Everyone was safe and we had a lot of fun. Only 10 1/2 months til opening day.
2 comments:
Glad you got a deer! That's funny about Jody. I would have done the same thing..."Here we come, go away!" Hehe.
When I first started to read this entry I thought Jody was writing it. I kept thinking that I had no idea Jody hunted so much. Ha Ha. Glad you caught one.
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